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About a Little Mole Who Wants to Know Who It Was that Pooped on its Head. (Seriously.)

The funniest thing we discovered in Amsterdam was definitely this classic children's book. The title? "About a Little Mole Who Wants to Know Who It Was that Pooped on its Head." Look inside...Written by a German author, the book tells the story of a mole who wakes up to discover poop on this head. Furious, the mole sets out to discover who did it...He approaches various animals--birds, cows, rabbits, horses, pigs--and asks them if they pooped on his head. To prove their innocence, the animals poop so that the mole will see that their poop looks different! (!!!)Finally, he comes across a dog and realizes he has found his culprit.To get his revenge, the mole (you guessed it) poops on the dog's head.

That's it! How hilarious/awesome is that? I LOVE that it's a classic. We of course brought a copy home for Toby, who doesn't understand it right now, but it will no doubt be his favorite book once he wises up.

Have you ever heard of it? Did you read it when you were little? You can find it in English here. It's officially my new go-to birthday present for little dudes:)

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this is so funny! aren't children's books the best? i think that will be one of my favorite parts about someday becoming a mom - being able to read them books like this that will make them and myself giggle over and over. :)

I have never heard of it but Wolf Erlbuch is quite a famous illustrator. But it looks like a funny book and maybe typical Dutch. They once had a show for children and the presentator would ask the children "Who likes to eat a bread of poo" (in dutch: wie heeft er zin in een broodje poep by Ome Willem) And all the children would start screaming Me me me! Hilarous if you look at it back.

It's a brilliant book, I totally agree! It's from some German professor and it has been translated into 27 languages and over 1.8 million copies have been sold. Just saying that loadsa people love it too. :) You can get it in English to read it to Toby in his native: http://www.amazon.com/Story-Little-Mole-Knew-Busines/dp/1856024407/ref=sr_1_sc_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1335803587&sr=8-3-spell amazon covers just about everything!

I love this book! I brought it back to my brother when I went to Prague few years ago (he was only 12, way too old already but how could I resist?) and since then every time one of us visit another country we bring it back. He has it in French, English, Spanish, Norwegian, Dutch and Portuguese (work in progress, obv!)

yesssss its my nephew's favorite poo book:) we also have it in Turkish. its cover is very likely the original. you can see it here: http://www.birdolapkitap.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/kucukkostebek-kapak.jpg

I discovered it this year, when my 3YO brought it from school!!! I was SO surprised when I first saw it! After reading it you can see how hilarious it is and how "serious", the mole going about sizes and shapes of poop quite angry!!! ;DDBTW we live in Lisbon, Portugal and I guess it is widely available in Europe.

Just today I went to my favourite bookshop here in Prague they had a pile of them on the counter, it seems it's very popular in Czech Republic too. I bought another book for my kid, which is also too young to get it... but we should start potty training soon enough and it could be useful... what do you think?

This was one of my absolute favorites when I was a child - almost every kid I know has grown up with it, so it seems so strange, that some countries haven't even heard of it before (I'm from Denmark)! You should definitely get it in English for Toby! He will probably enjoy it and remember it fondly. :-)

I had to rush upstairs to find my copy....it was from 1999 and was called The Story of the Little Mole who Knew it was None of his Business. I used to read it to my little Girl B(who is now a big girl of 22) Such happy memories, thanks for the reminder. Will now read it my little little one Teddy who at 3 may enjoy it as much as your Toby....Jojo

Haha it's true! I grew up/ am growing up in London, and my brother got it for his birthday one year from a family friend. It's one baby book that we'll never throw away, it's a sure fire way to get children laughing when I babysit!

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Most kids in Denmark have this book and love it. And what is even better is that it now comes in a pop-up book version. Can you imagine? You can also get a little teddybear version of the mole complete with the you-know-what on top.

my sister got this book for my son, probably two years ago now. of course, since it's not about trucks (or buses, or airplanes, or spaceships), it didn't have quite as much traction as some of his other books. still, i found it quite amusing. :)i picked out i want my hat back (by Jon Klassen) for my son for his third birthday because i started laughing out loud when i read it in the bookstore. and my parents got him monsters eat whiny children by Bruce Eric Kaplan which is also hilarious (mostly for parents).

This was one of our best buys as a baby gift for some hip relaxed parents we know. Then we showed it to a slightly less relaxed relative when they were expecting their first and I would say appalled is a pretty accurate description of their reaction. I think it's the current generation's "Are You My Mother".

One of my favourits when I was younger!! (I'm a dutch 27year old married woman now) And it's still one of my favourits! Specially how they discribe the sounds of the different poops... The cow poop was my 'favourite' hahahaha

We have it in the English version. It even came with a plushie of the mole complete with, you got it, poop on his head! I have two girls so while somewhat curious, it was never a bona fide hit in our house.

Over a decade ago, while living in Zurich, I bought this book for my daughter. On a flight back to California, I repeatedly told her the story and she laughed incessantly with pleas to read it again. However, I had no idea it was a classic in so many different languages.

I have never seen as perfect blog as your! You are lovely! This year I used to visit children in a kindergarten and they wanted to hear this story:). Have you ever read about stories about a little mole from the Czech Republic? I am from the Czechc Republic, but I know many people, that read it to their children, eventhough they are teenagers and live abroad...You love it:)

It's not an English, it is a German book. The illustrator is quite famous in Germany and really supergood. His collage influenced work is superb and he did loads of other good stuff - my mom gives me his annual calendar for Christmas every year and I am neither 13, nor 20, no, not even 30, to be honest I am turning 49 this year ;-)

It was reviewed in Jane Magazine a long time ago. They talked about the mole having a swirly poo on his head, and how toilets in certain parts of Europe were essentially a hole in the ground (not researched by me). I will never forget it!

I don't know if it was mentioned already, but in Australia it's called "The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew it Was None of His Business". I used to read it to my preschool classes when I was teaching. Fun! The kids just thought it was the funniest that the teacher would read a book about poo!!

Hi, I'm a reader from Seoul Korea! I was so excited to see the poop obsessed mole on your blog! It's actually a really popular childrens book in Korea! I found the book when I was in College and bought it for a gift for just any kid that would come along the way, because whoever would recieve it from me, I knew he/she and the mother would love it! I am married now and I bought it for my first son when i was expecting.. he is now 3 years old and just thinks it's the funniest story ever written.. he loves it so much sometimes he sits me down and forces me to listen to him reading(he memorized how i read it to him!)! This is my first comment on your blog.. I've actualy been a fan of cup of jo for 2 years now!

OMG! this is too funny.. In kindergarten we all had to donate a book. I was 5 years old at the time and was so so adamant that I needed to donate this book to the school library much to the horror of my mother! who tried to convince me to change my mind multiple times..

We bought it (perhaps in the same Amsterdam shop) for our niece and nephew, a few years ago. They still love it! I was a bit hestitant, but my husband is the wiser person here, or more childlike. That probably comes down to the same thing :)

We have this as a plop-up book in english, though we are from Germany, where that book originally comes from. There was a special offer on that english plop-up version, so we bought it. it's the babygirl's favorite book, besides an incredible pop-up book of Narnia, where the lion jumps out of the first page - right into your face :D yo'll have a lot of fun time with the little molehttp://www.amazon.com/Story-Little-Mole-Knew-Business/dp/1843650959/ref=pd_sim_b_3

We just got this book in Japanese when we were visiting Kyoto! It's so funny and made it to my little Roo's favorite book on her shelf!!! I couldn't help to comment because just like 10 minutes ago... she brought the book out and pretended to go to bathroom. It's the time for potty training!

Hi, we are from Germany and my two children loved this book. I had to read it to my son when he was four almost every evening. Right now its my daughters favorite book. Here in Germany you can get childrens prints of the pictures in the book and we have one in the childres bathroom. A lot of our guests remember to read this lovely book. Thanks for your wonderful blogg, you have a lot of fans here in Germany :-)

This is a favourite in our house. We borrowed it from the library and loved it so much we bought a copy (in English). We sometimes re-enact it - using softtoys and cushions etc for the poo - e.g. Dad plays the mole and my sons play the various animals. And I'm the narrator. Always a hit. :)

this book is pretty popular here in europe. in my generation nearly every household with kids owned that. It is really funny to read and as kids we really loved the poor mole. We still love him today. I also think that Toby will love it.

It happens to be in German, due to the fact that I used it for teaching during college classes, but I can't wait to use my little collection of these kids books to read to my baby on the way. I just may have to purchase it in English!

I found the original German version in what looks to be a smaller format than this in I don't even remember what bookstore here in the states, I think maybe Borders (RIP)? They used to have a nice German books section and I also got a "Calvin und Hobbes" on the same trip, I believe. Anyway, it's perfect for my elementary understanding of German from having studied it for exactly one semester in college over ten years ago.

My favorite thing, I think, is how in many languages, the title does not even mention the word "poop." The American title seems to be "The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit" and in German I believe it translates to "The Little Mole Who Wanted to Know Who Made This on His Head" if I am remembering the title correctly.

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We randomly bought this book in the UK, where it is titled "The Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business." My then 18 mo old daughter instantly fell in love with it. She was a little confused by all the euphemisms for poop. "Mommy, those are apples?" It's a favorite in our house. Love the illustrations!http://mamamgeni.wordpress.com/

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